Pre-Norman Stone Crosses in England

Follow the links in the table below to see illustrated pages for each of the monuments. Some of the pages contain a lot of pictures, because there is a lot to see. In a few cases, there are sub-pages because of the great number of artefacts at a particular location. The table lists places that I have visited, and in due time a page will be prepared for each of them. There are, of course, many places with remains of the appropriate age that do not yet appear in the table.

Location*	Details of remains
Barnsley
Cawthorne	An impressive reconstructed Anglian cross outside the church, and several other items
Bolton
Bolton	A restored Anglian-age cross, a wheel-head fragment and several other pre-Norman and early mediaeval stone fragments, including a carving of Adam and Eve, all in the parish church of St. Peter.
Bradford
Addingham	A Anglian-age cross shaft in the church at a location which features in the Anglo- Saxon Chronicles
Ilkley	Three Anglian crosses in the church, one almost complete, and several Roman altar fragments
Calderdale
Rastrick	A large Anglian cross-base now located in the churchyard
Cheshire
Cleulow	A Mercian cross shaft on a peculiar (perhaps man-made) small hill
Cophurst	A (possibly ancient) monolith made Christian (who knows when?) by the carving of crosses on the two main faces
Disley	In the Disley area are several fragments of Anglian-age crosses, a double base at St. Mary's Church, two somewhat damaged shafts a couple of miles away and various bits and pieces at Lyme Hall. These pieces make an interesting jigsaw puzzle.
Macclesfield	A group of Mercian cross-shafts on display in West Park, though they originally came from the nearby Sutton Hall.
Prestbury	Fragments of a perplexing Anglian cross (or, more likely, two)
Sandbach	Two tall Anglian cross shafts in the Market Place, and several smaller pieces at the Parish Church
Cumbria
Aspatria	A cross shaft and hogback in the church plus copies of some Viking monuments outside
Bewcastle	Almost a complete Anglian shaft standing in the isolated church of St. Columba, twelve centuries after being erected.
Dacre	A couple of fragments of crosses (one of them carved in exquisite detail) inside the church, which is guarded by some ancient (though it is unclear how ancient) carved stone bears.
Gosforth	The tallest Viking cross in the country, and many other Viking remains
Great Urswick	Parts of two tenth-century cross-shafts, one with a runic inscription
Lowther	A collection of hogbacks and a cross shaft, displayed in the church porch
Muncaster	Cross-shaft, wheel-head and base - remains of up to three crosses.
Penrith	The "Giant's Grave" (an assemblage of two crosses and four hog-backs) and another cross.
Derby City
Spondon	The stump of a much-worn Anglian cross-shaft in the churchyard
Derbyshire
Ashbourne	A fragment of an Anglian cross-shaft in the church
Bakewell	Two Anglian cross shafts in the churchyard (plus many other related carvings described on a second page)
Bradbourne	An Anglian cross-shaft in the churchyard (and perhaps more remains in the church.)
Brailsford	A cross-shaft in the churchyard, which was unearthed in 1919, and is now displayed near to the base on which it originally stood.
Buxton	The Buxton Museum and Art Gallery contains two small fragments of an Anglian cross that were found near the small village of Monyash in the Peak district.
Chapel-en-le-Frith	An Anglian cross-shaft in the churchyard
Eyam	An almost complete Anglian cross in the churchyard (though it did not come from there). Also a contemporary font inside the church.
Grindon	An Anglian font and some alleged contemporary sarcophagi within the church.
Hope	An Anglian cross-shaft in the churchyard, plus another ancient stump.
Knowsley	An much-worn cross base and shaft re-erected to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
Longnor	An ancient monolith in the centre of the village
Norwood	Two Anglian cross shafts rescued from the foundations of the north wall and now displayed within the church. One features a fine carving of a warrior bearing a sword.
Taddington	A tall slender four-sided Anglian cross-shaft in the churchyard with unusual carved decorations on each face.
Whaley Bridge	A Mercian cross-shaft reused in the mediaeval period as a boundary marker
Wirksworth	An exquisitely detailed Anglian grave-lid, probably carved for the grave of the missionary priest who founded the church, and many other carved Anglian stones.
Durham
Escomb	A delightful church building, remarkably little changed since first being used for worship in the late seventh century, with a selection of Anglian artefacts, and a number of reused Roman stones
East Riding of Yorkshire
Beverley	An Anglian Priest's Chair in the Minster, as well as a memorial to an Anglo-Saxon saint buried there
Hampshire
Steventon	In a church more famous for being Jane Austen's home church, a Saxon cross-shaft has been displayed after being brought there from a nearby house
Wherwell	Several Saxon-age fragments, most notably a cross-shaft that was later re-carved for use as a grave marker stand within a church whose architecture is reminiscent of the Stave churches of Norway
Whitchurch	A Saxon grave monument complete with a Latin inscription that identifies the woman it commemorates
Kirklees
Birstall	An Anglian stone - possibly part of a cross-base - ornamented with a tree-like design
Dewsbury	In the ancient Minster church, a collection of Anglian fragments, including parts of a cross said to commemorate St. Paulinus, as well as part of a hogback.
Hartshead	The "Walton Cross", an enormous Anglian cross-base on the edge of the moors
Thornhill	A collection of cross fragments, several of which bear inscriptions, also a small fragment interpreted as part of a grave lid, that may have belonged to the tomb of King Osbercht, killed by the Danes in 863.
Lancashire
Bolton-le-Sands	A hogback tomb within the Parish Church
Gressingham	Fragments of one or two Anglian crosses, including a shaft built into the exterior wall of the church.
Halton	A reconstructed cross in the churchyard and several items within the church
Heysham	Pieces of one or more Anglian crosses in the churchyard, plus a hogback tomb inside the church, and some nearby ancient graves cut into the living rock.
Hornby	A small fragment of an Anglian cross shaft, depicting the miracle of the loaves and the fishes.
Melling	A fragment of an Anglian cross-shaft preserved within the church, and a mystery to go with it.
Whalley	Two almost complete Anglian crosses in the churchyard, and a third Anglian shaft with a foreign head.
Leeds
Aberford	A collection of cross fragments in the only church in England dedicated to St. Ricarius
Guiseley	Most of an Anglian cross within the church, with a fragment of a cross head affixed to the top of it. It is debatable whether there is one cross here, or two.
Otley	Many fragments of Anglian crosses, some showing astonishing detail and freshness of carving
Leicestershire
Asfordby	Several Anglian cross-shaft fragments mounted for display within the church
Breedon-on-the-Hill	At a site mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a Norman church stands. Within its fabric are many individual carvings from the Anglo-Saxon period, including a famous angel, plus several friezes of Anglian ornamentation and a collection of cross-shaft fragments.
Rothley	An Anglian cross-shaft in the churchyard.
Sproxton	A complete Anglian cross in the churchyard.
North Yorkshire
Brompton	A collection of hogbacks and Viking-period crosses that suggest Brompton was the base for a school of stone carvers during that period
Burnsall	Fragments of perhaps as many as eleven Viking crosses and hogbacks
Crathorne	A delightful parish church with a beautiful hogback as a lintel over the south door and a number of other artefacts inside
East Hauxwell	An eighth-century cross shaft in the churchyard with a link to the church's founder
East Marton	An unusual cross-shaft with a carving that extends around all four faces, depicting a struggle between a human and a serpent.
Ellerburn	Fragments of a cross shaft, several cross heads and hogbacks together with other stones built into the fabric of the Church, as well as some pre-Norman stonework inside.
Forcett	A porch seemingly built out of fragments of Anglian and mediaeval crosses and grave markers. Animals feature on several of the cross shaft fragments.
Gargrave	Fragments of several cross shafts and wheel-heads
Great Edstone	An Anglian sundial affixed to the wall of the delightful Parish Church, and an interesting font inside it, that may be Anglian, or may be later.
Helmsley	A Viking hogback tomb on display in the porch of the church
Hovingham	A Viking cross and a stone slab showing the Annunciation and other scenes, together with the fragment of another cross shaft, plus others built into the fabric of the church.
Hutton-le-Hole	Not itself a site with original Anglo-Saxon or Viking remains, but the home of the excellent Ryedale Folk Museum, whose collection includes some cross fragments and information about pre-Norman sites in Ryedale.
Ingleby Arncliffe	An orderly church built in the early nineteenth century, home to a hogback fragment
Kirby Hill	A collection of cross fragments, some built into the fabric of the building
Kirkbymoorside	A few cross fragments, with more removed to the Ryedale Folk Museum at Hutton-le-Hole.
Kirkby Wharfe	An almost complete Anglian cross and fragments of two others, inside the church.
Kirkdale	A collection of cross fragments, including two cross shafts built into an exterior wall, two contemporary grave lids and a sundial built into the fabric of the Minster whose inscription dates it precisely to 1055.
Lastingham	A collection of cross fragments (also possible Anglian door-jambs) and a hogback (together with several post-Conquest memorials) displayed in the crypt of a church that was founded by St. Cedd and mentioned by Bede.
Leake	A delightful church with a collection of stained glass windows dedicated to saints in the chancel, and the head of an Anglian cross built into the outside west wall of the tower.
Masham	The lower part of the shaft of what must once have been a very impressive Anglian cross, plus a fragment of a cross-head inside the church.
Middlesmoor	A complete cross, remarkable for its shape, on show in St. Chad's church, with an inscription that purportedly links it to St. Chad.
Middleton (Ryedale)	Three complete Viking crosses and parts of two more
Northallerton	A collection of cross fragments within the church. Outside the church stands a memorial apparently inspired by the earlier craftsmanship
Nunnington	Two Viking cross fragments. Present whereabouts unknown - a notice in the church says, "removed for safe keeping".
Osmotherley	A Norman church with an older hogback and contemporary cross fragments, displayed in the porch.
Oswaldkirk	Part of a hogback tomb, showing the Madonna and Child
Ripon	A fragment of a Viking cross, and a pre-Norman font in the Cathedral
Saxton	A part of a Viking cross, kept within the church
Sinnington	Once upon a time there must have been a very impressive graveyard at or near this current location, but the memorials were broken up and used as building stone for the present church. Inside and outside are fragments of crosses, sundials and a hogback, almost too many to count.
Staveley	A small Viking cross, restored within the church
Stonegrave	A remarkable Celtic-style cross and parts of other crosses and hogbacks
Thornton Watlass	Parts of two cross heads displayed in the church porch
Wath-by-Ripon	Several ancient stone fragments built into the fabric of the church
Wensley	Two inscribed Anglo-Saxon-age stones, plus a couple of cross-shaft fragments.
West Tanfield	A fragment of an Anglian cross shaft within the church, and something peculiar in the churchyard
Northumberland
Hexham	The Abbey, steeped in history, with its collection of stones dating from Roman times (a lot of which came from Hadrian's Wall). Included in the collection are many stones from the Anglo-Saxon age, including the tall cross believed to have stood at the grave of Acca, a local bishop and contemporary of Bede.
Nottinghamshire
Hickling	An Anglo-Danish (Viking) grave cover (a.k.a. coped stone) in the church
Rolleston	A number of cross-shaft fragments displayed within the church, but the most famous fragment which bore witness to the maker of a cross is no longer to be found.
Stapleford	An Anglian cross-shaft in the churchyard.
Peterborough
Barnack	A church building famous for its tower that could be almost as famous for its collection of Saxon-age cross fragments, and one excellent sculpture of Christ that may be Anglo-Saxon, or may be Norman in age.
Helpston	There are a few cross fragments within the church, but most puzzling is why the villagers refer to the plinthed monolith that stands in the middle of their community as the "heart-shaped Saxon cross", when every element of that description is inapplicable.
Sheffield
Bradfield	An Anglian cross displayed inside the Parish Church, though it was discovered down the hill in a village field.
Staffordshire
Checkley	Three Anglian cross-shafts in the churchyard.
Ilam	Two Anglian crosses in the churchyard, with a third in the vicinity along a riverside walk, plus an Anglian font in the church, on which is carved a series of vignettes that tell the story of St. Bertram, whose shrine within the church is still a place of pilgrimage for some.
Leek	A Mercian cross-shaft in the churchyard.
Rolleston-on-Dove	A complete but quite worn wheel-head cross in the churchyard.
Stockport
Cheadle	A small, much-travelled, Anglian cross stands in a display case inside the Parish Church.
Stockton-on-Tees
Kirk Leavington	A fine collection of Anglo-Saxon-age cross fragments, in a church building that is basically Norman, but has been altered over the centuries
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke	Part of a cross stands in the churchyard, not far from the place where the foundations of the Anglo-Saxon Church are marked out. Within the modern church is the original font.
Trentham	An impressive base with a stump on it, claimed by the locals to be Anglo-Saxon, though this seems uncertain.
Suffolk
Iken	In a very picturesque church, which may stand on the site of a monastery founded by St. Botolph in the year 654, just a few miles north of the celebrated Saxon Royal cemetery at Sutton Hoo, a recently-discovered Saxon-age cross-shaft is displayed in a recumbent position.
Kedington	A small cross-head, interpreted as Saxon, within a celebrated church whose history is clearly revealed by its monuments
Wakefield
Crofton	Fragments of two separate cross-shafts inside the church, one decorated with Anglian beasts, and the other with the portrait of a bishop.
Warrington
Winwick	The cross-arm of an Anglian cross in the church
Wolverhampton
Penn	The base of an Anglian cross with a reputed connection to the famous Lady Godiva
Wolverhampton	The Dane's Pillar, possibly a massive cross-shaft, standing outside St. Peter's Church in the city centre
Worcestershire
Cropthorne	An extremely impressive Anglo-Saxon cross head displayed in a case within the church

Location*

Details of remains

Barnsley

Cawthorne

An impressive reconstructed Anglian cross outside the church, and several other items

Bolton

A restored Anglian-age cross, a wheel-head fragment and several other pre-Norman and early mediaeval stone fragments, including a carving of Adam and Eve, all in the parish church of St. Peter.

Bradford

Addingham

A Anglian-age cross shaft in the church at a location which features in the Anglo- Saxon Chronicles

Ilkley

Three Anglian crosses in the church, one almost complete, and several Roman altar fragments

Calderdale

Rastrick

A large Anglian cross-base now located in the churchyard

Cheshire

Cleulow

A Mercian cross shaft on a peculiar (perhaps man-made) small hill

Cophurst

A (possibly ancient) monolith made Christian (who knows when?) by the carving of crosses on the two main faces

Disley

In the Disley area are several fragments of Anglian-age crosses, a double base at St. Mary's Church, two somewhat damaged shafts a couple of miles away and various bits and pieces at Lyme Hall. These pieces make an interesting jigsaw puzzle.

Macclesfield

A group of Mercian cross-shafts on display in West Park, though they originally came from the nearby Sutton Hall.

Prestbury

Fragments of a perplexing Anglian cross (or, more likely, two)

Sandbach

Two tall Anglian cross shafts in the Market Place, and several smaller pieces at the Parish Church

Cumbria

Aspatria

A cross shaft and hogback in the church plus copies of some Viking monuments outside

Bewcastle

Almost a complete Anglian shaft standing in the isolated church of St. Columba, twelve centuries after being erected.

Dacre

A couple of fragments of crosses (one of them carved in exquisite detail) inside the church, which is guarded by some ancient (though it is unclear how ancient) carved stone bears.

Gosforth

The tallest Viking cross in the country, and many other Viking remains

Great Urswick

Parts of two tenth-century cross-shafts, one with a runic inscription

Lowther

A collection of hogbacks and a cross shaft, displayed in the church porch

Muncaster

Cross-shaft, wheel-head and base - remains of up to three crosses.

Penrith

The "Giant's Grave" (an assemblage of two crosses and four hog-backs) and another cross.

Derby City

Spondon

The stump of a much-worn Anglian cross-shaft in the churchyard

Derbyshire

Ashbourne

A fragment of an Anglian cross-shaft in the church

Bakewell

Two Anglian cross shafts in the churchyard (plus many other related carvings described on a second page)

Bradbourne

An Anglian cross-shaft in the churchyard (and perhaps more remains in the church.)

Brailsford

A cross-shaft in the churchyard, which was unearthed in 1919, and is now displayed near to the base on which it originally stood.

Buxton

The Buxton Museum and Art Gallery contains two small fragments of an Anglian cross that were found near the small village of Monyash in the Peak district.

Chapel-en-le-Frith

An Anglian cross-shaft in the churchyard

Eyam

An almost complete Anglian cross in the churchyard (though it did not come from there). Also a contemporary font inside the church.

Grindon

An Anglian font and some alleged contemporary sarcophagi within the church.

Hope

An Anglian cross-shaft in the churchyard, plus another ancient stump.

Knowsley

An much-worn cross base and shaft re-erected to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

Longnor

An ancient monolith in the centre of the village

Norwood

Two Anglian cross shafts rescued from the foundations of the north wall and now displayed within the church. One features a fine carving of a warrior bearing a sword.

Taddington

A tall slender four-sided Anglian cross-shaft in the churchyard with unusual carved decorations on each face.

Whaley Bridge

A Mercian cross-shaft reused in the mediaeval period as a boundary marker

Wirksworth

An exquisitely detailed Anglian grave-lid, probably carved for the grave of the missionary priest who founded the church, and many other carved Anglian stones.

Durham

Escomb

A delightful church building, remarkably little changed since first being used for worship in the late seventh century, with a selection of Anglian artefacts, and a number of reused Roman stones

East Riding of Yorkshire

Beverley

An Anglian Priest's Chair in the Minster, as well as a memorial to an Anglo-Saxon saint buried there

Hampshire

Steventon

In a church more famous for being Jane Austen's home church, a Saxon cross-shaft has been displayed after being brought there from a nearby house

Wherwell

Several Saxon-age fragments, most notably a cross-shaft that was later re-carved for use as a grave marker stand within a church whose architecture is reminiscent of the Stave churches of Norway

Whitchurch

A Saxon grave monument complete with a Latin inscription that identifies the woman it commemorates

Kirklees

Birstall

An Anglian stone - possibly part of a cross-base - ornamented with a tree-like design

Dewsbury

In the ancient Minster church, a collection of Anglian fragments, including parts of a cross said to commemorate St. Paulinus, as well as part of a hogback.

Hartshead

The "Walton Cross", an enormous Anglian cross-base on the edge of the moors

Thornhill

A collection of cross fragments, several of which bear inscriptions, also a small fragment interpreted as part of a grave lid, that may have belonged to the tomb of King Osbercht, killed by the Danes in 863.

Lancashire

Bolton-le-Sands

A hogback tomb within the Parish Church

Gressingham

Fragments of one or two Anglian crosses, including a shaft built into the exterior wall of the church.

Halton

A reconstructed cross in the churchyard and several items within the church

Heysham

Pieces of one or more Anglian crosses in the churchyard, plus a hogback tomb inside the church, and some nearby ancient graves cut into the living rock.

Hornby

A small fragment of an Anglian cross shaft, depicting the miracle of the loaves and the fishes.

Melling

A fragment of an Anglian cross-shaft preserved within the church, and a mystery to go with it.

Whalley

Two almost complete Anglian crosses in the churchyard, and a third Anglian shaft with a foreign head.

Leeds

Aberford

A collection of cross fragments in the only church in England dedicated to St. Ricarius

Guiseley

Most of an Anglian cross within the church, with a fragment of a cross head affixed to the top of it. It is debatable whether there is one cross here, or two.

Otley

Many fragments of Anglian crosses, some showing astonishing detail and freshness of carving

Leicestershire

Asfordby

Several Anglian cross-shaft fragments mounted for display within the church

Breedon-on-the-Hill

At a site mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a Norman church stands. Within its fabric are many individual carvings from the Anglo-Saxon period, including a famous angel, plus several friezes of Anglian ornamentation and a collection of cross-shaft fragments.

Rothley

An Anglian cross-shaft in the churchyard.

Sproxton

A complete Anglian cross in the churchyard.

North Yorkshire

Brompton

A collection of hogbacks and Viking-period crosses that suggest Brompton was the base for a school of stone carvers during that period

Burnsall

Fragments of perhaps as many as eleven Viking crosses and hogbacks

Crathorne

A delightful parish church with a beautiful hogback as a lintel over the south door and a number of other artefacts inside

East Hauxwell

An eighth-century cross shaft in the churchyard with a link to the church's founder

East Marton

An unusual cross-shaft with a carving that extends around all four faces, depicting a struggle between a human and a serpent.

Ellerburn

Fragments of a cross shaft, several cross heads and hogbacks together with other stones built into the fabric of the Church, as well as some pre-Norman stonework inside.

Forcett

A porch seemingly built out of fragments of Anglian and mediaeval crosses and grave markers. Animals feature on several of the cross shaft fragments.

Gargrave

Fragments of several cross shafts and wheel-heads

Great Edstone

An Anglian sundial affixed to the wall of the delightful Parish Church, and an interesting font inside it, that may be Anglian, or may be later.

Helmsley

A Viking hogback tomb on display in the porch of the church

Hovingham

A Viking cross and a stone slab showing the Annunciation and other scenes, together with the fragment of another cross shaft, plus others built into the fabric of the church.

Hutton-le-Hole

Not itself a site with original Anglo-Saxon or Viking remains, but the home of the excellent Ryedale Folk Museum, whose collection includes some cross fragments and information about pre-Norman sites in Ryedale.

Ingleby Arncliffe

An orderly church built in the early nineteenth century, home to a hogback fragment

Kirby Hill

A collection of cross fragments, some built into the fabric of the building

Kirkbymoorside

A few cross fragments, with more removed to the Ryedale Folk Museum at Hutton-le-Hole.

Kirkby Wharfe

An almost complete Anglian cross and fragments of two others, inside the church.

Kirkdale

A collection of cross fragments, including two cross shafts built into an exterior wall, two contemporary grave lids and a sundial built into the fabric of the Minster whose inscription dates it precisely to 1055.

Lastingham

A collection of cross fragments (also possible Anglian door-jambs) and a hogback (together with several post-Conquest memorials) displayed in the crypt of a church that was founded by St. Cedd and mentioned by Bede.

Leake

A delightful church with a collection of stained glass windows dedicated to saints in the chancel, and the head of an Anglian cross built into the outside west wall of the tower.

Masham

The lower part of the shaft of what must once have been a very impressive Anglian cross, plus a fragment of a cross-head inside the church.

Middlesmoor

A complete cross, remarkable for its shape, on show in St. Chad's church, with an inscription that purportedly links it to St. Chad.

Middleton (Ryedale)

Three complete Viking crosses and parts of two more

Northallerton

A collection of cross fragments within the church. Outside the church stands a memorial apparently inspired by the earlier craftsmanship

Nunnington

Two Viking cross fragments. Present whereabouts unknown - a notice in the church says, "removed for safe keeping".

Osmotherley

A Norman church with an older hogback and contemporary cross fragments, displayed in the porch.

Oswaldkirk

Part of a hogback tomb, showing the Madonna and Child

Ripon

A fragment of a Viking cross, and a pre-Norman font in the Cathedral

Saxton

A part of a Viking cross, kept within the church

Sinnington

Once upon a time there must have been a very impressive graveyard at or near this current location, but the memorials were broken up and used as building stone for the present church. Inside and outside are fragments of crosses, sundials and a hogback, almost too many to count.

Staveley

A small Viking cross, restored within the church

Stonegrave

A remarkable Celtic-style cross and parts of other crosses and hogbacks

Thornton Watlass

Parts of two cross heads displayed in the church porch

Wath-by-Ripon

Several ancient stone fragments built into the fabric of the church

Wensley

Two inscribed Anglo-Saxon-age stones, plus a couple of cross-shaft fragments.

West Tanfield

A fragment of an Anglian cross shaft within the church, and something peculiar in the churchyard

Northumberland

Hexham

The Abbey, steeped in history, with its collection of stones dating from Roman times (a lot of which came from Hadrian's Wall). Included in the collection are many stones from the Anglo-Saxon age, including the tall cross believed to have stood at the grave of Acca, a local bishop and contemporary of Bede.

Nottinghamshire

Hickling

An Anglo-Danish (Viking) grave cover (a.k.a. coped stone) in the church

Rolleston

A number of cross-shaft fragments displayed within the church, but the most famous fragment which bore witness to the maker of a cross is no longer to be found.

Stapleford

An Anglian cross-shaft in the churchyard.

Peterborough

Barnack

A church building famous for its tower that could be almost as famous for its collection of Saxon-age cross fragments, and one excellent sculpture of Christ that may be Anglo-Saxon, or may be Norman in age.

Helpston

There are a few cross fragments within the church, but most puzzling is why the villagers refer to the plinthed monolith that stands in the middle of their community as the "heart-shaped Saxon cross", when every element of that description is inapplicable.

Sheffield

Bradfield

An Anglian cross displayed inside the Parish Church, though it was discovered down the hill in a village field.

Staffordshire

Checkley

Three Anglian cross-shafts in the churchyard.

Ilam

Two Anglian crosses in the churchyard, with a third in the vicinity along a riverside walk, plus an Anglian font in the church, on which is carved a series of vignettes that tell the story of St. Bertram, whose shrine within the church is still a place of pilgrimage for some.

Leek

A Mercian cross-shaft in the churchyard.

Rolleston-on-Dove

A complete but quite worn wheel-head cross in the churchyard.

Stockport

Cheadle

A small, much-travelled, Anglian cross stands in a display case inside the Parish Church.

Stockton-on-Tees

Kirk Leavington

A fine collection of Anglo-Saxon-age cross fragments, in a church building that is basically Norman, but has been altered over the centuries

Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke

Part of a cross stands in the churchyard, not far from the place where the foundations of the Anglo-Saxon Church are marked out. Within the modern church is the original font.

Trentham

An impressive base with a stump on it, claimed by the locals to be Anglo-Saxon, though this seems uncertain.

Suffolk

Iken

In a very picturesque church, which may stand on the site of a monastery founded by St. Botolph in the year 654, just a few miles north of the celebrated Saxon Royal cemetery at Sutton Hoo, a recently-discovered Saxon-age cross-shaft is displayed in a recumbent position.

Kedington

A small cross-head, interpreted as Saxon, within a celebrated church whose history is clearly revealed by its monuments

Wakefield

Crofton

Fragments of two separate cross-shafts inside the church, one decorated with Anglian beasts, and the other with the portrait of a bishop.

Warrington

Winwick

The cross-arm of an Anglian cross in the church

Wolverhampton

Penn

The base of an Anglian cross with a reputed connection to the famous Lady Godiva

Wolverhampton

The Dane's Pillar, possibly a massive cross-shaft, standing outside St. Peter's Church in the city centre

Worcestershire

Cropthorne

An extremely impressive Anglo-Saxon cross head displayed in a case within the church

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Pre-Norman Stone Crosses and related monuments in England